Feature Overview

Network administrators need the ability to control the resources that RSVP reservations are allowed to use. For example, they may want to restrict RSVP reservations to certain subnets or from specific network servers.

The RSVP Local Policy Support feature allows network administrators to create default and access control list (ACL)-based policies. These policies, in turn, control how RSVP filters its signalling messages to allow or deny quality of service (QoS), as shown in Figure 1, to networking applications based on the IP addresses of the requesting hosts.

Figure 1 RSVP Local Policy Configuration

Benefits of RSVP Local Policy Support

RSVP Reservation Control

Network administrators can restrict the source of RSVP reservations to specific endpoints.

RSVP Reservation Preemption

High priority reservations can preempt existing reservations if there is otherwise no bandwidth available for the new, high priority reservation.

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Prerequisites

RSVP must be configured on two or more routers or on one router and one host within the network before you can use the RSVP Local Policy Support feature.

Configuration Tasks

See the following section for configuration tasks for the RSVP Local Policy Support feature. Each task in the list indicates whether the task is optional or required.

Verifying RSVP Local Policy Configuration

To verify RSVP local policy configuration, use this procedure:

Step 1 Enter the show ip rsvp policy command to display policy-related information including local and default policies configured, Common Open Policy Service (COPS) servers configured, and the preemption parameter configured—enabled or disabled.

Note There are no COPS servers configured in the following output.

Router# show ip rsvp policy

Local policy:

A=Accept F=Forward

Path:-- Resv:-- PathErr:-- ResvErr:-- ACL:104

Path:-- Resv:-- PathErr:-- ResvErr:-- ACL:None [Default policy]

COPS:

Generic policy settings:

Default policy: Accept all

Preemption: Disabled

Step 2 Enter the show ip rsvp policy localdetail command to display information about the (selected) local policies currently configured.

Router# show ip rsvp policy local detail

Local policy for ACL(s): 104

Preemption Priority: Start at 0, Hold at 0.

Local Override: Disabled.

Accept Forward

Path: No No

Resv: No No

PathError: No No

ResvError: No No

Default local policy:

Preemption Priority: Start at 0, Hold at 0.

Local Override: Disabled.

Accept Forward

Path: No No

Resv: No No

PathError: No No

ResvError: No No

Generic policy settings:

Default policy: Accept all

Preemption: Disabled

Monitoring and Maintaining RSVP Local Policy Support

To monitor and maintain the RSVP Local Policy Support feature, use the following commands in EXEC mode:

Command

Purpose

Router# show ip rsvp policy

Displays either the configured COPS servers or the local policies.

Router# show ip rsvp policy local

Displays selected local policies that have been configured.

Router# show ip rsvp reservation detail

Displays detailed RSVP-related receiver information currently in the database.

Router# show ip rsvp sender detail

Displays detailed RSVP-related sender information currently in the database.

Configuration Examples

This section provides a configuration example for the RSVP Local Policy Support feature.

Example: RSVP Local Policy Support

In the following example, any RSVP nodes in the 192.168.101.0 subnet can initiate or respond to reservation requests, but all other nodes can respond only to reservation requests. This means that any 192.168.101.x node can send and receive Path, PathError, Resv, or ResvError messages. All other nodes can send only Resv or ResvError messages.

In the following example, ACL 104 is configured for a local policy:

Router# configure terminal

Router(config)# access-list 104 permit ip 192.168.101.0 0.0.0.255 any

Router(config)# ip rsvp policy local acl 104

Router(config-rsvp-policy-local)# forwardall

Router(config-rsvp-policy-local)# end

In the following example, a default local policy is configured:

Router(config)# ip rsvp policy local default

Router(config-rsvp-policy-local)# forward resv

Router(config-rsvp-policy-local)# forward resverror

Router(config-rsvp-policy-local)# end

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the RSVP Local Policy Support feature.

RFCs

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Technical Assistance

Description

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Glossary

access control list—See ACL.

ACL—access control list. An ACL consists of individual filtering rules grouped together in a single list. It is generally used to provide security filtering, though it may be used to provide a generic packet classification facility.

flow—A stream of data traveling between two endpoints across a network (for example, from one LAN station to another). Multiple flows can be transmitted on a single circuit.

latency—The delay between the time a device receives a packet and the time that packet is forwarded out the destination port.

packet—A logical grouping of information that includes a header containing control information and (usually) user data. Packets most often refer to network layer units of data.

policy—Any defined rule that determines the use of resources within the network. A policy can be based on a user, a device, a subnetwork, a network, or an application.

RSVP—Resource Reservation Protocol. A protocol for reserving network resources to provide quality of service guarantees to application flows.

router—A network layer device that uses one or more metrics to determine the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. Routers forward packets from one network to another based on network layer information.

tunnel—A secure communications path between two peers, such as routers.

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